Full Title: Air Quality Life Index Colombia Fact Sheet
Author(s): Air Quality Life Index
Publisher(s): Air Quality Life Index
Publication Date: September 10, 2024
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Description (excerpt):
Fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) in 2022 shortens the average Colombian resident’s life expectancy by 1.1 years, relative to what it would be if the World Health Organisation (WHO) guideline of 5 µg/m³ was met. Colombia is the eighth most polluted country in Latin America¹ —with air pollution shortening lives by as many as 2.8 years in the country’s most polluted regions.